Shimla, Nov. 12 -- BJP MLA and state media in-charge Randhir Sharma on Thursday accused the Congress government of failing to maintain law and order in Himachal Pradesh and demanded an impartial high-level inquiry into allegations of an attempted encroachment on 1,287 kanals of land belonging to a charitable trust in Palampur, illegal felling of over 100 trees and assault on a woman trustee.
Addressing the issue, Sharma referred to a complaint reportedly sent by Aseel Ali Kuthiala, a trustee of Anand Shakti Charitable Trust, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking protection for herself and intervention in the alleged land dispute. He said the fact that a woman had approached the Prime Minister for security and justice raised serious ques...